Reviews

The Milk of Dreams by Leonora Carrington

glitterdeww's review

funny mysterious fast-paced

4.0

emsemsems's review

5.0

I have loved her since the first time I read [b:The Hearing Trumpet|46987|The Hearing Trumpet|Leonora Carrington|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1336273089l/46987._SX50_.jpg|2246210]. She's definitely one of the most interesting people ever lived - or at least one of the most unforgettable writers/artists in my opinion. 'The Milk of Dreams' is everything that you would want to give to a child if you so much as want them to grow up - different - in like the best ways possible. It's a bit messed up but in a very beautiful way. My favourite story in the book : the boy who eats walls. It's so brief, but so lingering, so weird.

Do you remember when Leonora Carrington spread her menstrual blood all over the walls of a potential lover (and then left) as a response to his 'here are my keys, go to my lush hotel room and wait for me so we can fuck'? I don't know if this was more 'peak'/highest form of poetry, or when she said at the of 33 (aft having written 'The Hearing Trumpet') that she "felt she had lived well beyond her age. In 1945 she had written to her French publisher Henri Parisot: ‘I am no longer the ravishing young girl who passed through Paris, in love – I am an old lady who has lived a lot and I have changed." Definitely one of the coolest weirdos ever lived.

jessicah95's review against another edition

4.5

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npliego's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

angiec23's review

adventurous dark funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

weavedreamer's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

saucysaucepan's review

4.0

3.5 stars

Bought for the illustrations, I absolutely adore them!
Really bizarre tales/ poems that accompany them though, would've likely traumatised me if I had actually read this as a child.

Felt incredibly similar to Burton's 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories', which I think is a much better version of this kind of surrealist, bizarre children's anthology.

Edit: Oh my god, she's the author of The Hearing Trumpet, oh my god I did not realise!

pickashelf's review

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

mushimilda's review

3.0

Courtes histoires illustrées surréalistes, à la fois drôle et bizarres. Mention spéciale pour la femme blanche qui ne s’habille qu’en noir et pleure des larmes bleues et vertes.

beierlu's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75